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Dynamite Dissection: Television

It turns out TVs are filled with lots of small parts. Very small parts.

Posted 12.23.09 at 11:25 am 6 Comments

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Dynamite Dissection TV Back

Vin Marshall

From the back, there is a circuit board, a flyback transformer and a whole lot of empty space that the cathode ray tube once occupied. How do televisions justify being so heavy when most of their volume is occupied by a partial vacuum?

[Note: No dynamite was used in this Dynamite Dissection. Do not attempt to do anything like this on your own.]

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Hherbson

12/23/09 at 9:27 pm

Nice job Vinny! You should turn this into your science teacher! Maybe he will give you extra credit for getting it posted on this site. Hang in there kid, high school gets even harder.

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vinmarshall

12/24/09 at 1:36 pm

Herby: This would definitely not be the first documented allegation that my sense of humor is sophmoric.

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12/29/09 at 2:52 pm

Man,
They went office space on that poor TV

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01/05/10 at 12:04 pm

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superduperster

01/08/10 at 11:58 am

All the little pieces were nice, but I wanted to watch it blow up! Make a video next time!

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vinmarshall

01/08/10 at 1:50 pm

@superduperster Some of the video is at the end of the Camera Blast Shield How-To: http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2009-12/build-blast-shield-your-camera

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